Individual Details
Wilke "Willie" Behrends
(23 Dec 1885 - 15 Apr 1974)
Events
Families
Spouse | Eloise Dorthea "Dora" Schatz (1890 - 1971) |
Child | Living |
Father | Benhardt H "Benjamin" Behrends (1863 - 1921) |
Mother | Hille Margaretha "Hilda Meta" Hayen (1859 - 1945) |
Sibling | Gretke "Grace" Behrends (1888 - 1964) |
Sibling | Johann Heinrich "John Henry" Behrends (1890 - 1966) |
Sibling | Benhard Heinrich "Bernie, Benjamin, Ben" Behrends (1893 - 1979) |
Sibling | George Behrends (1896 - 1986) |
Sibling | Hilke Maria "Mary" Behrends (1898 - 1916) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Elmina Behrends (1901 - 1992) |
Notes
Census (family)
100 BEHRENDS WILKE 39 IA H BEHRENDS, BERNARD GER HEYEN, MARGARET 66 GER IA101 BEHRENDS DORA 34 IA W SCHATZ, CARL IA HARMS, ANNA M IL IA
102 BEHRENDS PAUL 1 IA S IA
103 BEHRENDS LEONA 9 IA D IA
Census (family)
SD 2, ED 53-2, Sheet 1A, visit 3, rent farm, $15/mo.,Behrends, Wilke, Head, MW, 54, married, no, 6th grade, IA, working, 70hr/wk, Farmer, Farm, Own acct., 53, 0, yes, 3-farm schedule.
, Dora, Wife, FW, 49 married, no 7th grade, IA, working, 24hr/wk Farm assistant, Farm, NP, 40, 0, yes
, Paul W, Son, MW, 16, single, no HS-4, IA, working, 70hr/wk, Farm laborer, Farm, NP, 0, 0, yes
(NP-unpaid family worker. wks worked in 1939, 1939 income, yes/no income >$50 other than money)
Death
MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 23....APRIL 18, 1974WILKE BEHRENDS....MONTICELLO
Funeral services for Wilke Behrends, 88, were held Wednesday, April 17l at St. Matthew Lutheran church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. Harold l. Naig officiated.
Mr. Behrends died at his home Monday afternoon April 15, of an apparent heart attack.
He was born Dec. 23, 1885 to Ben H. and Meta Hayen Behrends and received his early education in the Jones county rural schools.
On Feb. 11, 1914, he married E. Dora Schatz and the couple farmed in the Monticello area until moving to their present home in Monticello.
He was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran church.
Mr. Behrends is survived by two children, Mrs. Arthur V. (Leona) Holub and Paul W. both of Monticello; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Freese, Monticello, and two brothers, Bend of Monticello and George of Phoenix, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by his wife, two sisters and one brother.
Casket bearers were E.B. First, Lester Zimmerman, Robert Schatz, Luvern McVay, Ray Schoon and William Mardorf.
Endnotes
1. 1895 Iowa State Census. Castle Grove Township PAGES 44-67 + 931 Monticello Township PAGES 463-490 Monticello City PAGES 494-515, PAGES 516-537 Scotch Grove PAGES 753-776 (transcribed by Joanne Wilken http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/census/census.htm 2002).
2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 29 June 2013), Wilke Behrends and Elise Dorothea Schatz, 1914..